Historical Birthday
12 Apr 1484
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger Italian architect born in Florence (d. 1546)
12 Apr 1500
Joachim Camerarius [Liebhard Kammerer] German classical scholar born in Bamberg Germany (d. 1574)
12 Apr 1526
Marc-Antoine de Muret French humanist born in Muret France (d. 1585)
12 Apr 1550
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford Lord Great Chamberlain of England born in Hedingham Castle Essex England (d. 1604)
12 Apr 1577
Christian IV of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway (1588-1648) born in Frederiksborg Palace Denmark (d. 1648)
12 Apr 1579
Franois de Bassompierre marshal of France born in Harou France (d. 1646)
12 Apr 1626
Paul Hainlein German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1686)
12 Apr 1695
Caspar Burman Dutch historian and Mayor of Utrecht born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1755)
12 Apr 1705
William Cookworthy English chemist born in Kingsbridge Devon (d. 1780)
12 Apr 1710
Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castrato soprano born in Bitonto Italy (d. 1783)
12 Apr 1713
Guillaume Thomas Franois Raynal French writer born in Lapanouse France (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1716
Felice Giardini Italian composer born in Turin Italy (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1722
Pietro Nardini Italian composer born in Livorno (d. 1793)
12 Apr 1724
Lyman Hall American physician and signer (Declaration of Independence) born in Wallingford Connecticut (d. 1790)
12 Apr 1726
Charles Burney English music historian born in Shrewsbury England (d. 1814)
12 Apr 1727
Gaspare Gabellone Italian composer born in Naples Italy (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1748
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu French botanist (Classification of flowering plants) born in Lyon France (d. 1836)
12 Apr 1760
Juan Manuel Olivares Venezuelan composer born in Caracas (d. 1797)
12 Apr 1764
Dirk van den Boetzelaer Regent of Holland born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1819)
12 Apr 1769
Giovanni Agostino Perotti Italian composer born in Vercelli Italy (d. 1855)
12 Apr 1788
Johan Erik Nordblom Swedish composer born in Uppsala Sweden (d. 1848)
12 Apr 1791
Francis Preston Blair American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe) born in Abingdon Virginia (d. 1876)
12 Apr 1792
John George Lambton British statesman (1st Earl of Durham) born in London England (d. 1840)
12 Apr 1794
Germinal Pierre Dandelin Belgian mathematician (geometry) born in Paris (d. 1847)
12 Apr 1796
George N. Briggs American lawyer and politician 19th Governor of Massachusetts born in Adams Massachusetts (d. 1861)
12 Apr 1799
Henri Druey Swiss politician and a founding father of constitutional democracy in Switzerland born in Faoug Switzerland (d. 1855)
12 Apr 1801
Henry de Cock Dutch reformed vicar and secession leader born in Veendam Groningen the Netherlands (d. 1842)
12 Apr 1801
Joseph Franz Karl Lanner Austrian composer and violinist born in Vienna Austria (d. 1843)
12 Apr 1802
Francis Libermann French religious leader (Congregation of Heart) born in Saverne France (d. 1852)
12 Apr 1815
Henry Hugo Pierson English composer born in Oxford (d. 1873)
12 Apr 1823
Aleksandr Ostrovsky [Alexander Ostrovsky] Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) born in Moscow Russian Empire (d. 1886)
12 Apr 1827
Edward Mollenhauer American composer born in Erfurt Prussia (d. 1914)
12 Apr 1831
Constantin Meunier Belgian painter and sculptor born in Etterbeek Belgium (d. 1905)
12 Apr 1831
George B. Anderson American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Hillsborough North Carolina (d. 1862)
12 Apr 1838
John Shaw Billings American librarian and surgeon born in Allensville Switzerland County Indiana (d. 1913)
12 Apr 1839
Victorin de Joncires French composer born in Paris (d. 1903)
12 Apr 1840
Edmond Audran French composer born in Lyon France (d. 1901)
12 Apr 1848
Jos Gautier Bentez Puerto Rican poet born in Caguas Puerto Rico (d. 1880)
12 Apr 1851
Emil Liebling German-American composer born in Pless Silesia (d. 1914)
12 Apr 1852
Ferdinand von Lindemann German mathematician (Proving is a transcendental number) born in Hannover German Confederation (d. 1939)
12 Apr 1856
William Conway 1st Baron Conway of Allington English historian and explorer (Spitzbergen) born in Rochester Kent (d. 1937)
12 Apr 1863
Raul Pompeia Brazilian writer (O Ateneu) born in Angra dos Reis Rio de Janeiro Brazil (d. 1895)
12 Apr 1868
Akiyama Saneyuki Japanese officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy born in Matsuyama Iyo Province Japan (d. 1918)
12 Apr 1869
Henri Dsir Landru French sex murderer born in Paris (d. 1922)
12 Apr 1871
Ioannis Metaxas Greek general and dictator (1936-41) born in Ithaca Greece (d. 1941)
12 Apr 1878
Richard B Goldschmidt German-American zoologist (butterflies) born in Frankfurt am Main Germany (d. 1958)
12 Apr 1879
Frederic G. Melcher American publisher and editor who founded childrens book week born in Malden Massachusetts (d. 1963)
12 Apr 1883
Imogen Cunningham American photographer (1965 ASMP award) born in Portland Oregon (d. 1976)
12 Apr 1883
Dally Messenger Australian rugby league footballer born in Balmain New South Wales (d. 1959)
12 Apr 1884
Otto Meyerhof German psychologist and biochemist (Nobel 1922) born in Hannover Germany (d. 1951)
12 Apr 1884
Tenby Davies Welsh half-mile world champion runner born in Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales (d. 1932)
12 Apr 1887
Harold Lockwood American actor (Tess of the Storm Country) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 1918)
12 Apr 1888
Heinrich Neuhaus Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing) born in Elisavetgrad Russian Empire (d. 1964)
12 Apr 1892
Johnny Dodds American early jazz clarinetist born in Waveland Mississippi (d. 1940)
12 Apr 1894
Francisco Craveiro Lopes 12th President of Portugal (1951-58) born in Lisbon Portugal (d. 1964)
12 Apr 1898
Grantley H Adams Premier of Barbados (1953-58) and Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958-62) born in St. Michael British Windward Islands
12 Apr 1898
Lily Pons French opera singer (Met Opera) and actress (That Girl From Paris) born in Draguignan France (d. 1976)
12 Apr 1899
Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels] Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger Colt .45) born in Muskogee Indian Territory (d. 1955) (d. 1955)
12 Apr 1901
Lowell Stockman American politician U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon born in Helix Oregon (d. 1962)
12 Apr 1902
Louis J. M. Beel Prime Minister of Netherlands (1946-48 58-59) born in Roermond Netherlands (d. 1977)
12 Apr 1903
Jan Tinbergen Dutch economist (Plan of Labor Nobel 1969) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1994)
12 Apr 1904
Harald Penrose British test pilot born in Hereford England (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1907
Felix de Weldon Austrian-American sculptor (Marine Corps War Memorial) born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 2003)
12 Apr 1907
Hardie Gramatky American author and animator (Little Toot) born in Dallas Texas (d. 1979)
12 Apr 1908
Carlos Lleras Restrepo President of Colombia (1966-70) born in Bogot Colombia (d. 1994)
12 Apr 1908
Virginia Cherrill American actress (Lake Extra Brat City Lights Delicious) born in Santa Barbara California (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1908
Robert Lee Scott Jr. American General and Air Force pilot born in Waynesboro Georgia (d. 2006)
12 Apr 1910
Jrgen Rausch German philosopher and author (End of the Playboys) born in Bremen Germany (d. 1995)
12 Apr 1911
Darrell A. Amyx American classical archaeologist (Greek Ceramics) born in Exeter California (d. 1997)
12 Apr 1911
Geoff Chubb South African cricketer (South African pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40) born in East London Eastern Cape South Africa (d. 1982)
12 Apr 1911
Mahmoud Younis Suez Canal nationalization engineer born in Cairo Egypt (d. 1976)
12 Apr 1912
Eric Feldary Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn 16 Fathoms Deep) born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1968)
12 Apr 1912
Georges Franju French director (Judex Lhomme sans visage) born in Fougres Ille-et-Vilaine France (d. 1987)
12 Apr 1912
Harold Maguire British air marshal born in Kilkishen Ireland (d. 2001)
12 Apr 1912
Walter Walt Gorney American character actor (Friday the 13th Trading Places) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2004)
12 Apr 1913
Gabor Jodal Romanian composer born in Szkelyudvarhely (d. 1989)
12 Apr 1913
Keiko Fukuda Japanese-born American martial artist born in Tokyo Japan (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1914
Armen Alchian American economist and professor (University of California) born in Fresno California (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1915
Emil Petaja American sci-fi author (Star Mill Tramontane) born in Milltown Missoula County Montana (d. 2000)
12 Apr 1915
Hound Dog Taylor [Theodore Roosevelt] American Chicago blues guitarist and singer born in Natchez Mississippi (d. 1975)
12 Apr 1916
Brian Connell British writer and broadcaster born in Hertford (d. 1999)
12 Apr 1916
Beverly Cleary American writer (Ramona and her Mother) born in McMinnville Oregon
12 Apr 1916
Benjamin Libet American scientist (human consciousness) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2007)
12 Apr 1917
M Marie Wadlow American softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957) born in St Louis Missouri (d. 1979)
12 Apr 1917
Vinoo Mankad Indian cricketer (Indias greatest all-rounder to his time) born in Jamnagar Bombay Presidency British India (d. 1978)
12 Apr 1917
Helen Forrest American singer of traditional pop and swing music born in Atlantic City New Jersey (d. 1999)
12 Apr 1919
Istvan Anhalt Hungarian-Canadian composer born in Budapest Hungary (d. 2012)
12 Apr 1919
Lady Ricketts CEO (National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux)
12 Apr 1919
Maurice Girodias French publisher and founder (Olympia Press) born in Paris (d. 1990)
12 Apr 1919
Billy Vaughn American singer and bandleader (Sail Along Silvry Moon) born in Glasgow Kentucky (d. 1991)
12 Apr 1920
Robert Fizdale American pianist (Misia) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1995)
12 Apr 1921
Alfred Mabbs British archivist (Public Records Office) born in London (d. 2009)
12 Apr 1923
Ann Miller American actress and dancer (On the Town) born in Chireno Texas (d. 2004)
12 Apr 1924
Julius Moormann Dutch student and resistance fighter (WWII) born in Nijmegen Netherlands (d. 1944)
12 Apr 1924
Sergiu Natra Romanian-born Israeli composer born in Bucharest Romania
12 Apr 1924
Peter Safar Austrian physician (pioneered cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2003)
12 Apr 1925
Johnny Jordan English cameraman (You Only Live Twice) born in Oxfordshire England (d. 1969)
12 Apr 1925
Oliver Postgate English animator puppeteer and writer born in Hendon London (d. 2008)
12 Apr 1925
Evelyn Berezin American computer pioneer invented first word processor born in the Bronx New York (d. 2018)
12 Apr 1926
Jane Withers American actress model and singer (All Together Now Josephine the plumber) born in Atlanta Georgia
12 Apr 1927
Patrick Meehan Scottish petty criminal wrongly convicted of murder
12 Apr 1928
Brooklyn Supreme Belgian stallion heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
12 Apr 1928
Uwe Kitzinger President (Templeton College Oxford) born in Nuremberg Germany
12 Apr 1928
Hardy Krger German actor (The Flight of the Phoenix) born in Wedding Berlin Germany
12 Apr 1929
Elspet Gray Lady Rix Scottish actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral Solo Tenko) born in Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1930
Betty Clooney American singer (Jack Paar Show) born in Maysville Kentucky (d. 1976)
12 Apr 1930
Bryan Magee British philosopher politician and broadcaster (Modern British Philosophy) born in London
12 Apr 1930
Patrick Edmund Pery 6th Earl of Limerick Irish peer and public servant born in London
12 Apr 1930
Louw de Graaf Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs (VDA)
12 Apr 1930
Manuel Neri American sculptor (life-size figurative sculptures) born in Sanger California
12 Apr 1931
Martin Boykan American composer born in NYC New York
12 Apr 1931
Leonid Derbenyov Russian poet-songwriter born in Moscow (d. 1995)
12 Apr 1932
Henri Lazarof Bulgarian composer born in Sofia Bulgaria (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1932
Jack Gelber American playwright (The Connection Apple) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2003)
12 Apr 1932
Dennis Banks American activist (leader of the American Indian Movement) born in Leech Lake Indian Reservation Minnesota (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1932
Lakshman Kadirgamar Sri Lankan politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka) born in Colombo British Ceylon (d. 2005)
12 Apr 1932
Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury] American musician (Tip Toe) born in Manhattan New York (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1933
Montserrat Caball Spanish soprano born in Barcelona Spain (d. 2018)
12 Apr 1934
Heinz Schneiter Swiss football player and manager born in Thun Switzerland (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1934
Charlie Robertson American politician (mayor of York Pennsylvania 1994-2002) born in York Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1935
Wendy Savage British obstetrician and gynaecologist born in Surrey England
12 Apr 1936
Charles Napier American actor (Night Stalker Rambo) born in Mt. Union Kentucky (d. 2011)
12 Apr 1936
Kennedy Simmonds Prime Minister of Saint Kitts & Nevis (1983-95) born in Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis
12 Apr 1937
Igor Volk Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12) and test pilot born in Zmiiv Ukraine (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1937
Raymond Ceulemans Belgian world champ billiards player born in Lier Belgium
12 Apr 1939
Alan Ayckbourn English playwright and director born in London England
12 Apr 1939
Johnny Raper Australian rugby league footballer born in Revesby New South Wales Australia
12 Apr 1940
John Hagee American pastor and televangelist born in Goose Creek Texas
12 Apr 1941
Julio Euson Aruban-Dutch singer (I Use the Soap) born in Aruba
12 Apr 1941
Bobby Moore English footballer team captain (World Cup 1996) born in Barking Essex England (d. 1993)
12 Apr 1942
Jacob Zuma South African politician President of South Africa (2009-) born in Nkandla
12 Apr 1942
Bill Bryden British stage and film director born in Greenock Scotland
12 Apr 1942
Daniel Schmidt American composer and builder of American gamelan
12 Apr 1942
Frank Bank American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver) born in Hollywood California (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1942
Carlos Reutemann Argentine racing driver (Formula One) and politician born in Santa Fe Argentina
12 Apr 1943
Charles Ludlam American playwright and actor (Big Easy) born in NYC New York (d. 1987)
12 Apr 1944
John Kay [Joachim Krauledat] German-born Canadian rock singer (Steppenwolf) born in Tilsit East Prussia Germany
12 Apr 1944
Karel Kryl Czechoslovak folk singer born in Krom Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (d. 1994)
12 Apr 1944
Lisa Jardine British historian and writer born in Oxford England (d. 2015)
12 Apr 1945
Willie Parnell American singer (Archie Bell & the Drells) born in Houston Texas
12 Apr 1945
Lee Jong-wook Korean Director-General of the World Health Organization born in Seoul South Korea (d. 2006)
12 Apr 1946
Ed ONeill American comedian and actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children) born in Youngstown Ohio
12 Apr 1946
Peter L de Baan Dutch actor director and playwright (Leonce & Lena)
12 Apr 1946
Ren Krijnen Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques)
12 Apr 1947
Dan Lauria American actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) born in Brooklyn New York
12 Apr 1947
Tom Clancy American author (Rainbow Six The Hunt for Red October) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1947
Antonin Kratochvil Czech-American photojournalist (VII Photo Agency) born in Litomice Czechoslovakia
12 Apr 1948
Raphick Jumadeen West Indian cricketer (WI slow left-armer of the 70s) born in Gasparillo Trinidad and Tobago
12 Apr 1948
Jeremy Beadle English television presenter (Beadles About) born in London England (d. 2008)
12 Apr 1948
Joschka Fischer German politician Foreign Minister of Germany (1998-2005) born in Gerabronn Germany
12 Apr 1948
Lois Reeves American singer (Martha and the Vandellas) born in Detroit Michigan
12 Apr 1949
Scott Turow American lawyer and author (Presumed Innocent) born in Chicago Illinois
12 Apr 1950
David Cassidy American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family) born in NYC New York (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1950
Tom Werner American producer (Roseanne Cosby Show) born in NYC New York
12 Apr 1950
Kari Palaste Finnish architect born in Kajaani Finland
12 Apr 1950
Flavio Briatore Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1) born in Verzuolo Italy
12 Apr 1950
Joyce Banda President of Malawi (2012-2014) born in Malemia Nyasaland
12 Apr 1951
Jakson Spires American rock drummer (Blackfoot) born in Raleigh North Carolina
12 Apr 1952
Alexis Argello Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion) born in Managua Nicaragua (d. 2009)
12 Apr 1952
J. D. Nicholas English guitarist (Heatwave Commodores) born in Watford England
12 Apr 1952
Ralph Wiley American sports journalist and writer born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2004)
12 Apr 1952
Reuben Gant American professional football player (Buffalo Bills) born in Tulsa Oklahoma
12 Apr 1953
Tony James English rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) born in Shepherds Bush London
12 Apr 1954
Marvin Johnson American middleweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1972) born in Indianapolis Indiana
12 Apr 1954
Pat Travers Canadian rock guitarist (Puttin it Straight) born in Toronto Ontario
12 Apr 1956
Alex Briley American actor (Cant Stop the Music) born in NYC New York
12 Apr 1956
Andy Garcia Cuban-American actor (Stand & Deliver 8 Million Ways to Die) born in Havana Cuba
12 Apr 1956
Doris Baaten Dutch actress (Sesame Street Fien) born in Maastricht Limburg Netherlands
12 Apr 1956
Herbert Groenemeyer German rocker (OE Luxus Chaos Spruenge) born in Gttingen Germany
12 Apr 1956
Herbert Grnemeyer German singer (Mensch) born in Gttingen Germany
12 Apr 1956
Walter Salles Brazilian filmmaker (The Motorcycle Diaries) born in Rio de Janeiro
12 Apr 1957
Vince Gill American country singer (When I Call Your Name) born in Norman Oklahoma
12 Apr 1958
Will Sergeant English rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen - Killing Moon) born in Liverpool
12 Apr 1958
Howard Stableford English actor and host born in Preston Lancashire
12 Apr 1959
Elissa Leeds American actress (Cissy-Dorothy) born in NYC New York
12 Apr 1961
D. D. Verni American heavy metal rocker (Overkill - Hello From the Gutter) born in New Jersey
12 Apr 1961
Julius Kariuki Kenyan 3K steeplechaser (Olympic gold 1988) born in Nyahururu Kenya
12 Apr 1961
Magda Szubanski Australian actress (Kath & Kim) born in Liverpool Merseyside England
12 Apr 1962
Art Alexakis American musician (Everclear) born in Los Angeles California
12 Apr 1962
Takada Nobuhiko Japanese wrestler born in Isogo-ku Yokohama
12 Apr 1964
Mike Macfarlane American baseball catcher (KC Royals) born in Stockton California
12 Apr 1964
Amy Ray American singer and songwriter (Indigo Girls) born in Decatur Georgia
12 Apr 1965
Elaine Zayak American figure skater (Olympic 6th 1984) born in Paramus New Jersey
12 Apr 1965
Tom OBrien American actor and director born in Burbank California
12 Apr 1966
Lorenzo White American football running back (Cleveland Browns) born Hollywood Florida
12 Apr 1966
Theo Blanco WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
12 Apr 1967
Bobby Abrams American football outside linebacker (NE Patriots) born in Detroit Michigan
12 Apr 1967
Donna Andrews American golfer (Nabisco Dinah Shore 1994) born in Lynchburg Virginia
12 Apr 1967
Kirk Everist American water polo driver (Olympics 1996) born in Houston Texas
12 Apr 1967
Mellow Man Ace Cuban-American rapper and actor (Only the Strong) born in Pinar del Ro Pinar del Ro Cuba
12 Apr 1967
Sarah Cracknell English singer-songwriter (Saint Etienne) born in Chelmsford England
12 Apr 1840
Franz Xaver Haberl German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis) born in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg Bavaria (d. 1910)
12 Apr 1888
Dan Ahearn Irish-American athlete (mens triple jump WR 15.52m 1911-24) born in Athea Ireland (d. 1942)
12 Apr 1915
Ernest Borneman German sexual researcher psychotherapist musician and writer (Bang Youre Dead) born in Berlin (d. 1995)
12 Apr 1924
Curtis Turner American auto racer (184 NASCAR races over 17 years 17 wins) born in Floyd Virginia (d. 1970)
12 Apr 1928
Jean-Franois Paillard French conductor born in Vitry-le-Franois France (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1930
Johnny Antonelli American baseball pitcher (6 MLB All-Star 1954 5659 World Series NL ERA leader 1954 SF Giants) born in Rochester New York (d. 2020)
12 Apr 1932
Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury] American musician (Tiptoe Through The Tulips) born in Manhattan New York (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1940
Woodie Fryman American baseball player born in Ewing Kentucky (d. 2011)
12 Apr 1941
Bobby Moore English football defender (108 caps captain World Cup 1966 West Ham United) born in Barking Essex (d. 1993)
12 Apr 1944
Mike Garrett American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1965 USC AFL All-Star 1966-67 KC Chiefs) and executive (athletic director USC 1993-2010) born in Los Angeles CA
12 Apr 1952
Ralph Wiley American sports journalist and writer (Sports Illustrated and ESPNs Page 2) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2004)
12 Apr 1956
Herbert Grnemeyer German singer (Mensch Spruenge) born in Gttingen Germany
12 Apr 1885
Robert Delaunay French artist born in Paris France (d. 1941)
12 Apr 1898
Alice Lily Pons French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris) born in Draguignan France (d. 1976)
12 Apr 1899
Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels] Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger Colt .45) born in Muskogee Indian Territory (d. 1955)
12 Apr 1908
Virginia Cherrill American actress (City Lights Lake Extra Brat born in Santa Barbara California (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1911
Geoff Chubb South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 21 wickets Border) born in East London Eastern Cape South Africa (d. 1982)
12 Apr 1916
Beverly Cleary American Newberry Medal winning writer of childrens and young adult fiction (Ramona series 1955-99) born in McMinnville Oregon (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1923
Ann Miller [Johnnie Lucille Collier] American actress dancer and singer (On the Town) born in Chireno Texas (d. 2004)
12 Apr 1945
Douglas Doug Riley [Dr Music] Canadian musician and musical director (Famous People Players) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2007)
12 Apr 1948
Joschka Fischer German politician and Foreign Minister of Germany (1998-2005) born in Gerabronn Germany
12 Apr 1852
Ferdinand von Lindemann German mathematician (Proving [pi] is a transcendental number) born in Hanover German Confederation (now Germany) (d. 1939)
12 Apr 1883
Dally Messenger Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests NSW Eastern Suburbs ARL Immortal Dally M Medal) and rugby union utility (2 caps) born in Sydney Australia (d. 1959)
12 Apr 1885
R. D. Banerji Indian archaeologist and historian (discovered ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro) born in Berhampore British India (d. 1930) [1]
12 Apr 1894
Fred Barratt English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 5 wickets Nottinghamshire) born in Annesley England (d. 1947)
12 Apr 1904
Frankie Masters [Masterman] American banjo player guitarist vocalist and big band leader (Scatter-Brain) born in St. Marys West Virginia (d. 1990)
12 Apr 1908
Virginia Cherrill American actress (City Lights Lake Extra Brat) born in Santa Barbara California (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1912
Eric Feldary Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn 16 Fathoms Deep) born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1968)
12 Apr 1912
Georges Franju French film director (Judex Les Yeux sans visage - Eyes Without A Face) born in Fougres Ille-et-Vilaine France (d. 1987)
12 Apr 1912
Walter Walt Gorney American character actor (Friday the 13th Trading Places) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2004)
12 Apr 1917
Helen Forrest [Fogel] American big band pop and swing singer (Artie Shaw Benny Goodman Harry James) born in Atlantic City New Jersey (d. 1999)
12 Apr 1919
Istvn Anhalt Hungarian-Canadian classical and electronic music composer (La Tourangelle Winthrop) educator (McGill Queens (Ontario) Universities) and writer (Alternative Voices) born in Budapest Hungary (d. 2012) [1]
12 Apr 1919
Billy Vaughn American singer saxophonist and bandleader (Sail Along Silvry Moon) born in Glasgow Kentucky (d. 1991)
12 Apr 1926
Jane Withers American film child star (Bright Eyes Ginger) character actress (Giant) and commercial spokesperson (Josephine the Plumber) born in Atlanta Georgia (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1926
James Hillman American psychologist and educator (C.G. Jung Institute Zurich) born in Atlantic City New Jersey (d. 2011)
12 Apr 1930
John Landy Australian athlete (2nd man to run sub-4 min mile WR mile (358.0) and 1500m (341.8) 1954 Olympic bronze 1956) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 2022)
12 Apr 1932
Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury] American singer and ukulele player (Tiptoe Through The Tulips) born in Manhattan New York (d. 1996)
12 Apr 1939
Johnny Raper Australian rugby league lock (33 Tests 6 World Cup games Newtown RLFC St. George RLFC Inaugural RL Immortal) and coach (St. George RLFC Cronulla RLFC) born in Sydney Australia (d. 2022)
12 Apr 1942
Carlos Reutemann Argentine auto racer (World F1 Drivers Cship 1981 runner-up 3 x third) and politician (governor of Santa Fe 2003-21) born in Santa Fe Argentina (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1945
Willie Parnell American singer (Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up) born in Houston Texas
12 Apr 1946
Ren Krijnen Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques - Such A Cad)
12 Apr 1948
Lois Reeves American singer (Martha and the Vandellas 1969-72) born in Detroit Michigan
12 Apr 1950
David Cassidy American singer (I Think I Love You) and actor (Partridge Family - Keith) born in NYC New York (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1952
J. D. Nicholas British guitarist (Heatwave Commodores) born in Watford England
12 Apr 1954
Marvin Johnson American boxer (WBC Light heavyweight title 1978 WBA Light heavyweight title 1979-80 86-87) born in Indianapolis Indiana
12 Apr 1959
Liu Xiao Ling Tong [Zhang Jinlai] Chinese actor (Journey to the West - Monkey King) born in Shanghai China
12 Apr 1961
D. D. Verni American heavy metal bassist and songwriter (Overkill - Hello From the Gutter) born in New Providence New Jersey
12 Apr 1839
Nikolay Przhevalsky Russian naturalist and explorer (East and Central Asia) born in Kimborovo Russia (d. 1888) (OS 31 March)
12 Apr 1839
Victorin de Joncires French composer (Dimitiri) and music critic born in Paris (d. 1903)
12 Apr 1876
Vic Willis American Baseball HOF pitcher (no-hitter 1899 World Series 1909 MLB ERA leader 1899 & strikeout leader 1902 Boston Beaneaters Pittsburgh Pirates) born in Cecil County Maryland (d. 1947)
12 Apr 1880
Addie Joss American Baseball HOF pitcher (perfect game 1908 no hitters 1908 10 1.89 career ERA 2nd-lowest in MLB history career WHIP 0.968 MLB record Cleveland Bronchos) born in Woodland Wisconsin (d. 1911)
12 Apr 1898
(Alice) Lily Pons French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris) born in Draguignan France (d. 1976)
12 Apr 1922
(Edwin) Ted Astley British arranger bandleader and film and television composer (The Mouse That Roared The Saint) born in Warrington Lancashire England (d. 1998)
12 Apr 1924
Sergiu Natra Romanian-Israeli composer (Symphony in Red Blue Yellow and Green) and music professor (Tel Aviv University 1975-85) born in Bucharest Romania (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1933
Montserrat Caball Spanish bel canto operatic soprano and unlikely pop star (with Freddie Mercury - Barcelona) born in Barcelona Spain (d. 2018)
12 Apr 1939
Peter Giger Swiss progressive rock and jazz percussionist and bandleader (Dzyan) born in Zurich Switzerland
12 Apr 1944
Siegfried Stritzl American soccer midfielder (11 caps NY Cosmos NASL Rookie of the Year 1969) born in Yugoslavia (d. 2022)
12 Apr 1945
Doug Riley Canadian jazz keyboard player (Dr. Music) and musical director (Famous People Players) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2007)
12 Apr 1946
Ren Krijnen Dutch rock keyboardist (Les Baroques - Such A Cad)
12 Apr 1948
Bill Ashurst English rugby league second rower (3 Tests GB Wigan Penrith RLFC Wakefield Trinity) born in Ince-in-Makerfield England (d. 2022)
12 Apr 1949
Carol Ross Barney American architect (1st woman to design US federal building) born in Chicago Illinois
12 Apr 1953
Tony James English rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F-111) born in Shepherds Bush London
12 Apr 1956
Herbert Grnemeyer German singer (Mensch Spruenge) born in Gttingen Germany
12 Apr 1626
Paul Hainlein German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (now Nuremberg Germany) (d. 1686)
12 Apr 1710
Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castrato soprano born in Bitonto Kingdom of Naples Habsburg Empire (now Italy) (d. 1783)
12 Apr 1716
Felice Giardini Italian composer born in Turin Duchy of Savoy (now Italy) (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1722
Pietro Nardini Italian violinist and composer born in Livorno Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1793)
12 Apr 1727
Gaspare Gabellone Italian composer born in Naples Kingdom of Naples House of Habsburg (now Italy) (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1760
Juan Manuel Olivares Venezuelan composer born in Caracas Venezuela (d. 1797)
12 Apr 1769
Giovanni Agostino Perotti Italian composer born in Vercelli Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1855)
12 Apr 1827
Edward Mollenhauer Prussian-American violinist and composer (Love Among the Breakers) born in Erfurt Prussia (d. 1914)
12 Apr 1871
Ioannis Metaxas Greek military officer politician and dictator (1936-41) born in Ithaca Greece (d. 1941)
12 Apr 1884
Tenby Davies Welsh athlete (world half-mile professional champion 1909) born in Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales (d. 1932)
12 Apr 1894
Fred Barratt English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 5 wickets Nottinghamshire CCC) born in Annesley England (d. 1947)
12 Apr 1904
Frankie Masters [Masterman] American banjo player guitarist vocalist and big band bandleader (Scatter-Brain) born in St. Marys West Virginia (d. 1990)
12 Apr 1917
Helen Forrest [Fogel] American big band pop and swing jazz singer (Artie Shaw Benny Goodman Harry James) born in Atlantic City New Jersey (d. 1999) [1]
12 Apr 1917
Vinoo Mankad Indian cricket all-rounder (44 Tests 5 x 100 HS 231 162 wickets BB 852 Nawanagar Hindus Gujarat Bombay Rajasthan) born in Jamnagar India (d. 1978)
12 Apr 1924
Sergiu Natra [Nadler] Romanian-Israeli composer (Symphony in Red Blue Yellow and Green) and music professor (Tel Aviv University 1975-85) born in Bucharest Romania (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1931
Martin Boykan American composer born in New York City
12 Apr 1934
Heinz Schneiter Swiss soccer defender (44 caps BSC Young Boys) and manager (FC Thun BSC Young Boys) born in Thun Switzerland (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1937
Edward Hide British jockey (1000 Guineas 1972 77 Epsom Oaks 1967 Epsom Derby 1973 St Leger Stakes 1959 78) born in Stanton Lacy England (d. 2023)
12 Apr 1940
Duncan Fearnley English cricket entrepreneur (Duncan Fearnley cricket bats) born in Pudsey Yorkshire England (d. 2024)
12 Apr 1940
Woodie Fryman American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1968 76 Philadelphia Phillies Detroit Tigers Montreal Expos) born in Ewing Kentucky (d. 2011)
12 Apr 1942
Daniel Schmidt American composer and builder of American gamelan born in California
12 Apr 1943
Charles Ludlam American playwright and actor (Big Easy) born in New York City (d. 1987)
12 Apr 1946
Ren Krijnen Dutch rock keyboardist (Les Baroques - Such A Cad) born in the Netherlands
12 Apr 1948
Raphick Jumadeen West Indian cricket spin bowler (12 Tests 29 wickets BB 472 1 x 50 T&T) born in Gasparillo Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2023)
12 Apr 1950
David Cassidy American singer (I Think I Love You) and actor (Partridge Family - Keith) born in New York City (d. 2017)
12 Apr 1950
Tom Werner American producer (Roseanne Cosby Show) born in New York City
12 Apr 1951
Judy Singer Australian sociologist (coined term neurodiversity) born in Hungary [1]
12 Apr 1956
Alex Briley American actor (Cant Stop the Music) born in New York City
12 Apr 1956
Walter Salles Brazilian filmmaker (The Motorcycle Diaries) born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
12 Apr 1626
Paul Hainlein German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
12 Apr 1710
Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castrato soprano born in Bitonto Kingdom of Naples Habsburg Empire (d. 1783)
12 Apr 1716
Felice Giardini Italian composer born in Turin Duchy of Savoy (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1722
Pietro Nardini Italian violinist and composer born in Livorno Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1793)
12 Apr 1727
Gaspare Gabellone Italian composer born in Naples Kingdom of Naples Habsburg Empire (d. 1796)
12 Apr 1769
Giovanni Agostino Perotti Italian composer born in Vercelli Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1855)
12 Apr 1815
Henry Hugo Pierson English composer born in Oxford England (d. 1873)
12 Apr 1827
Edward Mollenhauer Prussian-American violinist and composer (Love Among the Breakers) born in Erfurt Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1914)
12 Apr 1840
Franz Xaver Haberl German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis) born in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1910)
12 Apr 1927
Patrick Meehan Scottish petty criminal wrongly convicted of murder and later given a royal pardon born in Scotland (d. 1994) [1]
12 Apr 1928
Brooklyn Supreme Belgian stallion and once the heaviest known horse at 1450 kg (3200 lb) born in Minneapolis (d. 1948) [1]
12 Apr 1928
Hardy Krger German actor (The Flight of the Phoenix) novelist and travel writer born in Wedding Berlin Germany (d. 2022)
12 Apr 1928
Jean-Franois Paillard French conductor and arranger (Pachelbels Canon in D) born in Vitry-le-Franois France (d. 2013)
12 Apr 1928
Uwe Kitzinger German-British political scientist educator and administrator (President of Templeton College Oxford) born in Nuremberg Germany (d. 2023)
12 Apr 1930
Bryan Magee British philosopher politician (Member of Parliament 1974-83) writer (Modern British Philosophy) and broadcaster (Thinking Aloud) born in Hoxton London (d. 2019)
12 Apr 1930
Johnny Antonelli American baseball pitcher (6 MLB All-Star World Series NL ERA leader 1954 NY Giants) born in Rochester New York (d. 2020)
12 Apr 1930
Louw de Graaf Dutch politician and bureaucrat (Member of Parliament Secretary of Social Affairs (VDA) born in Kootstertille Netherlands (d. 2020)
12 Apr 1930
Manuel Neri American sculptor (life-size figurative sculptures) born in Sanger California (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1930
Patrick Edmund Pery 6th Earl of Limerick Irish peer and public servant born in London (d. 2003)
12 Apr 1931
Martin Boykan American composer (Elegy Usurpations Soliloquies of an Insomniac) born in New York City (d. 2021)
12 Apr 1942
Bill Bryden Scottish stage director (National Theatre) film director and screenwriter born in Greenock Scotland (d. 2022)
12 Apr 1946
Bryony Coles British prehistoric archaeologist best known for her work on the submerged land mass between Britain and Europe born in England
12 Apr 1946
Ed ONeill American comedian and actor (Married with Children Modern Family) born in Youngstown Ohio
12 Apr 1947
Wayne Northrop American actor (Days of Our Lives 1981-84 and 1991-94 - Roman Dynasty - Michael) born in Sumner Washington (d. 2024)
12 Apr 1539
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Peruvian writer and historian born in Cusco Castile (d.1616)
12 Apr 1920
Robert Finzdale [Fish] American concert pianist (as a duo with Arthur Gold) writer and television cooking show host born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1995)
12 Apr 1927
Alvin Sargent American Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
12 Apr 1928
Rene Carpenter American columnist (A Woman Still) television personality (Everywoman) and wife of astronaut Scott Carpenter (1948-71) born in Clinton Iowa (d. 2020)
12 Apr 1936
Beuford Smith American photographer best known for his photographs of Black communities in New York City (Two Bass Hit) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 2025) [1]
12 Apr 1936
Franktienne [Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck tienne dArgent] Haitian artist and author credited with writing the first published novel entirely in Haitian Creole (Dzafi) born in Ravine-Sche Haiti (d. 2025) [1]
12 Apr 1946
Ed ONeill American comedian and actor (Al Bundy in Married with Children Jay Pritchett in Modern Family) born in Youngstown Ohio
12 Apr 1947
Dan Lauria American actor (The Wonder Years) born in Brooklyn New City
12 Apr 1951
Tom Noonan American screenwriter director and actor (Heat The Monster Squad) born in Greenwich Connecticut (d. 2026) [1]
12 Apr 1952
Nicholas Haysom South African anti-apartheid activist United Nations diplomat and Chief Legal Adviser to President Nelson Mandela (1994-99) born in South Africa (d. 2026) [1]
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